Standoff with China a WAKE-UP CALL for India

'The border stand-off and the uncertainties that come with it should be a wake-up call on what makes for real rather than illusory power,' observes T N Ninan. IMAGE: Indian Army vehicles in......

Sonia, Rahul meet Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao

Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday met Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao with both leaders taking note of the steadily growing ties between the two countries. As both Sonia and Wen met in Beijing......

India, China working to solve border issue: Wen

India and China are trying to implement the common consensus reached on the vexed border issue, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Thursday.He pointed out that the current good momentum in......

Why Peace Nobel for Liu is badly timed

B Raman says that by giving the award to a dissident who has onlylimited followinginside China and calling for political reforms, the Nobel Committee will only strengthen the hands of those......

Ex-Dow worker stole secrets for China

A former Dow research scientist was on Tuesday convicted by a federal grand jury of stealing trade secrets and selling them to aChinese company.After a three-week trial, the federal grand jury in......

In icy Beijing, PM will discuss global meltdown

At 8 degrees Celsius in China, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will join a host of top leaders at the Asia-Europe Summit, deliberating ways to wriggle out of the current global financial meltdown.......

Yang Yuanqing: China's first global capitalist

On a bright September afternoon, a black Mercedes S320 pulls up to a curb in the middle of Beijing's bustling Zhongguancun, the consumer-electronics shopping district. Out steps a man in a......

Dutch hockey double as women beat China in shoot-out

IMAGE: The Netherlands players celebrate victory over China in the Olympics women's hockey final at Yves-du-Manoir Stadium, Colombes, on Friday. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters The Netherlands......

India Open: Tai Tzu Ying in women's singles final

IMAGE: Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei. Photograph: Kind courtesy BWF/X Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei progressed to her second successive women's singles final of......

All England C'ships: Treesa-Gayatri clinch stunning win; Sen ousted

IMAGE: Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand entered the quarterfinals of the All England Championship. Photograph: Alex Pantling/Getty Images Indian women's doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri......

Treesa-Gayatri down China's Xuan-Mei; enter All England semis

IMAGE: Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand celebrate winning their quarter-final match at the All England Championships in Birmingham on Friday. Photograph: PTI India's Treesa Jolly and Gayatri......

Sudirman Cup: India out of quarter-final race after big loss

The absence of double Olympic medallist P V Sindhu, London Games bronze medallist Saina Nehwal and men's doubles pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy also hurt India's prospect as the......